Re: [PATCH 5/7] gnu: add python-maxminddb and python2-maxminddb

[Leo Famulari]

On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 10:50:55PM +0200, Hartmut Goebel wrote:
> * gnu/packages/python.scm: (python-maxminddb) (python2-maxminddb):
>   New functions.

[...]

> +    (arguments
> +     ;; tests require a copy of the maxminddb which is not included
> +     `(#:tests? #f))

Should the maxminddb be packaged so that we can run the tests?

> +    (synopsis "Reader for the MaxMind DB format")
> +    (description "This is a Python module for reading MaxMind DB files.  The
> +module includes both a pure Python reader and an optional C extension.
> +
> +MaxMind DB is a binary file format that stores data indexed by IP address
> +subnets (IPv4 or IPv6).")

Can you explain to the reader what the purpose of the MaxMind DB is?

> +    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-maxminddb))))))
> +
> +(define-public python2-maxminddb
> +  (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant 
> python-maxminddb))))
> +    (package (inherit base)
> +      (inputs
> +       `(("python2-ipaddr" ,python2-ipaddr)
> +         ,@(package-inputs base))))))

I see you already know to use the python2-variant system. Feel free to
move setuptools here if that works for python-maxminddb.